Yun Yun's Arrival (Part 2)

Xiao Yi Xian quietly watched the battle from the shadows. She could not sense any other presence nearby. Perhaps Xiao Yan was there...

Or perhaps he was not. Either way, she had to get Yun Yun away as quickly as possible.

The battle in the sky gradually came to an end. Just as in the original story, the broken horn caused the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King excruciating pain. With a savage lion's roar, its claw, carrying incomparably fierce force, struck Yun Yun heavily in the chest.

Amid a somewhat piercing metallic screech, Yun Yun, having suffered the heavy blow, spat out a mouthful of blood. Her face turned slightly pale as she abruptly spun around. With a flap of her green wings, her body flickered strangely several times in succession before vanishing beyond the horizon in an instant.

Watching Yun Yun unleash such terrifying speed even while injured, the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, whose strength had been damaged by its broken horn, threw back its head and let out a furious roar brimming with killing intent.

Under that roar containing violent energy, the mountains below shook continuously as though an earthquake had struck. Some towering peaks even had their summits forcibly shattered.

"Search for her! You must find that human woman!"

Its enormous head turned toward the mountains below. The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's blood-red eyes widened, and its savage roar filled with killing intent sent the magical beasts across the mountains scrambling frantically in all directions.

Xiao Yi Xian had naturally fled long ago, flying in Yun Yun's direction. A purple figure skimmed swiftly over the ground.

She had to be fast...

Faster, even faster...

Xiao Yi Xian weaved through the nearby forest, searching for Yun Yun's figure—not only to prevent her from being harmed.

More importantly, the goodwill of a Dou Emperor expert was simply too important to her plans!

It would make planning for the Life and Death Gate easier in the future. Besides, perhaps the future would become even more exciting. What was so impressive about merely two Dou Di?

The terrain was rugged and the forest dense as Xiao Yi Xian continued searching...

"Splash, splash..."

The sound of running water gradually rose beside her ears. Xiao Yi Xian wiped the sweat from her forehead, glanced in that direction, and after some thought, moved closer.

Water, water... Yun Yun was injured. Perhaps she would instinctively head toward a water source? After all, in people's minds, water always represented hope and life.

And in the original story, she had been fished out of the water, right?

After an unknown amount of time, the sound of rushing water beside her grew louder and louder. Looking ahead, Xiao Yi Xian saw that the mountain stream had reached its end. Was that... a waterfall?

Walking to the top of the waterfall, Xiao Yi Xian looked down. The mountain stream surged like a torrent, crashing thunderously into the pool below. The deafening sound shook the heavens, and mist filled the pond, hazy and indistinct, like a fairyland.

"Truly, a waterfall plunging three thousand feet—like the Milky Way falling from the heavens?"

Seeing the sight before her, Xiao Yi Xian murmured the line, and her mood suddenly relaxed considerably.

But then Xiao Yi Xian's gaze froze. She abruptly looked toward one corner of the pool, where a white figure bobbed up and down with the current.

That... looked like a person?

Xiao Yi Xian frowned and crouched down to look carefully. But the waterfall was too high and the mist too thick; she could not see clearly. Still, she vaguely felt that it really was a person.

She had a feeling it was definitely Yun Yun. She refused to believe it could be anyone else—

"Purple Cloud Wings!"

A pair of purple wings sprouted from both sides of the Sword Box on Xiao Yi Xian's back. She shot into the air and flew down below. The wind rushed past her ears as she passed through a cool spray of mist and landed at the edge of the pool.

The sound of water by the pool was far louder than it had been above the waterfall, rumbling like thunder.

Xiao Yi Xian approached the white figure, her heart growing uneasy again. It pounded faster and faster in her chest.

She was not entirely certain whether it was Yun Yun. Her palms had even begun to sweat slightly.

At the edge of the pool floated a woman dressed in moon-white robes. Her long black hair drifted loosely through the water, yet she remained beautiful.

However, her eyes were tightly shut, her face deathly pale, and the horrifying claw marks on her chest were still bleeding.

At that moment, a beast's roar sounded in the distance. Xiao Yi Xian frowned. This place was far from the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's nest, and the earlier battle had not reached here. Many magical beasts still lived nearby.

She looked up toward the waterfall. Unfortunately, there was no cave behind the waterfall. This was not Xiao Yan's cave. With a helpless sigh, Xiao Yi Xian hauled Yun Yun out of the water.

Holding her up with one arm beneath her knees and the other under her shoulders, Xiao Yi Xian carried Yun Yun and swiftly left the pool.

It would be awkward if she ran into Xiao Yan...

She was not afraid, but what if she did meet him?

After searching for a long time, Xiao Yi Xian finally found a valley and a cave. This seemed to be the only cave behind a waterfall nearby.

With a single slash, she killed the magical beast occupying the cave. Xiao Yi Xian carefully carried Yun Yun inside. Apart from a foul stench, there was no other trouble within.

At last, everything was done. Xiao Yi Xian let out a long breath and set Yun Yun down.

The whole matter had left her terribly nervous, afraid that a Xiao Yan rushing in to save the damsel would suddenly appear.

Her gaze swept across that delicate, flawless face before slowly moving downward. Beneath Yun Yun's jade-like neck, five terrifying claw marks lay across her chest.

Blood seeped from them, staining her clothes scarlet. Yun Yun, unconscious, had her brows faintly furrowed, with a trace of pain lingering on her face.

Seeing her like this, Xiao Yi Xian's healer instincts surged completely. She carefully examined Yun Yun's wounds and said, "She needs treatment."

Xiao Yi Xian took more than ten small jade bottles from her Storage Ring. After hesitating briefly, she extended both hands and prepared to undo the woman's clothes.

Even though she was a woman too, why did undressing another girl make her a little nervous?

But just as her hands were about to touch Yun Yun's body, the mysterious woman's tightly shut eyes suddenly opened. Her beautiful eyes held a chill and embarrassment as she stared at the Black Robe before her.

"Uh!"

Seeing that fierce gaze filled with killing intent, Xiao Yi Xian could not help taking a step back.

"Hey, hey, hey, no need to treat your benefactor like that, right?" Xiao Yi Xian lifted her black robe, revealing her face.

"?"

Yun Yun was somewhat stunned as she looked at the girl before her. She had thought the person who saved her would be a man. Seeing her earlier attempt to remove her clothes, she had assumed the person was a lecher. But now...

Feeling her injuries, Yun Yun silently cursed the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King. If not for that bastard using such underhanded tactics...

Yun Yun struggled, intending to apply the medicine herself, only to discover that she could not move no matter what she did.

Turning her head, she looked at the girl who had been watching her. With a quiet sigh, she softly said, "You should help me apply the medicine."

Her voice was exceptionally pleasant, but perhaps because of her status, it always carried an unmistakable note of nobility.

"Me?" Xiao Yi Xian stared at Yun Yun, blinked, and said with a smile, "I can help you, but let's be clear first—don't settle accounts with me afterward. We're both women, so there's nothing to be embarrassed about!"

Hearing Xiao Yi Xian's words, Yun Yun did not know whether to laugh or cry. She shook her head, yet suddenly wondered how many years it had been since anyone had dared speak to her like this.

"I'm not that old-fashioned. Naturally, I would not repay kindness with resentment," Yun Yun said, softening her voice with a helpless smile.

Not to mention if it were a man, she certainly would not want anyone touching her. Since it was a woman, though, it was nothing much. After all, she often bathed with her young disciple as well.

Xiao Yi Xian's gaze swept over that beautiful face again. She coughed lightly, stretched out her hand, and carefully tore open a section of the clothing over Yun Yun's chest.

What came into view were bloodied white claw marks. Looking at those neither shallow nor deep wounds, Xiao Yi Xian gave the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King a mental thumbs-up.

What a filthy old pervert...